"Fugitive Telemetry (The Murderbot Diaries, 6) by Martha Wells
https://www.amazon.com/Fugitive-Telemetry-Murderbot-Diaries-6/dp/1250765374/

Book number six of a seven book series of science fiction novellas,
short stories, and full length novels. I read the well printed and well
bound hardcover published by Tor in 2020 that I bought new from Amazon.
The first novella in the series won the 2018 Hugo, Nebula, Alex, and
Locus awards. The series won the 2021 Hugo for the best series also.
Book number seven will be released in September 2023 and is a full
length novel.

Murderbot is a SecUnit, similar to a T-800 Terminator with a cloned and
severely modified human head. There is a human brain in there but it is
run by the AIs embedded in its genderless torso. There are lungs, there
is a blood mixture with a synthetic, there is human skin over the entire
body, there is a face. Everything else is machine. Somehow, the blood
is enriched with electricity as there is no stomach or intestines. But,
there are arteries and veins to keep the skin and brain alive. All of
the major arteries and veins have clamps to stop bleeding in case of
damage. There is a MedSystem computer with an AI, a HubUnit computer
with an AI, and a governor module that can force the SecUnit to follow
orders using pain sensors in the brain. It has a energy gun in each arm
and several cameras, all directly wired to the brain. The SecUnit can
sustain severe damage to everything but the head and still survive.

Murderbot is a self named SecUnit due to an unfortunate circumstance
with 57 miners on a remote moon. It has hacked its governor and no
longer allows the governor to give it orders or inflict pain. It
prefers to internally watch its 35,000 hours of downloaded media such as
episodes of "The Rise and Fall of Sanctuary Moon" and "Lineages of the
Sun". Even though it has a face, it does not like to interface with
humans, yes, very introverted. However, it is getting more comfortable
with humans. It will follow human orders if it see fit to do so.

Murderbot is back to the normal security duty for its friend, Dr.
Mensah, the head of the Preservation planet. Murderbot finds a dead
body on Preservation Station in the mall area, the space station in
orbit around the Preservation planet. Complications and
misunderstandings ensue as Dr. Mensah insists that Murderbot be a part
of the investigation with station security.

Warning: The violence is graphic and extreme. Murderbot also has a
potty mouth. Books one through four are a series of novellas, not
regular length books. There is a short story "Home: Habitat, Range,
Niche, Territory" between books four and five. Book five is a regular
length novel, book six is back to the novella, and book seven is a full
length novel due out in November 2023. You can buy collections of the
first four hardbacks or all six currently available hardbacks.
https://www.tor.com/2021/04/19/home-habitat-range-niche-territory-martha-wells/

The author has a website at:
https://www.marthawells.com/

There is a wiki for Murderbot including various episodes of "The Rise
and Fall of Sanctuary Moon":
https://murderbot.fandom.com/wiki/Murderbot_Wiki
and
https://murderbot.fandom.com/wiki/The_Rise_and_Fall_of_Sanctuary_Moon

My rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Amazon rating: 4.6 out of 5 stars (15,543 reviews)

Lynn

On 4/30/2023 8:27 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
> "Fugitive Telemetry (The Murderbot Diaries, 6) by Martha Wells
>
> https://www.amazon.com/Fugitive-Telemetry-Murderbot-Diaries-6/dp/1250765374/
>
> Book number six of a seven book series of science fiction novellas,
> short stories, and full length novels.  I read the well printed and well
> bound hardcover published by Tor in 2020 that I bought new from Amazon.
> The first novella in the series won the 2018 Hugo, Nebula, Alex, and
> Locus awards.  The series won the 2021 Hugo for the best series also.
> Book number seven will be released in September 2023 and is a full
> length novel.
>
> Murderbot is a SecUnit, similar to a T-800 Terminator with a cloned and
> severely modified human head.  There is a human brain in there but it is
> run by the AIs embedded in its genderless torso.  There are lungs, there
> is a blood mixture with a synthetic, there is human skin over the entire
> body, there is a face.  Everything else is machine.  Somehow, the blood
> is enriched with electricity as there is no stomach or intestines.  But,
> there are arteries and veins to keep the skin and brain alive.  All of
> the major arteries and veins have clamps to stop bleeding in case of
> damage.  There is a MedSystem computer with an AI, a HubUnit computer
> with an AI, and a governor module that can force the SecUnit to follow
> orders using pain sensors in the brain.  It has a energy gun in each arm
> and several cameras, all directly wired to the brain.  The SecUnit can
> sustain severe damage to everything but the head and still survive.
>
> Murderbot is a self named SecUnit due to an unfortunate circumstance
> with 57 miners on a remote moon.  It has hacked its governor and no
> longer allows the governor to give it orders or inflict pain.  It
> prefers to internally watch its 35,000 hours of downloaded media such as
> episodes of "The Rise and Fall of Sanctuary Moon" and "Lineages of the
> Sun".  Even though it has a face, it does not like to interface with
> humans, yes, very introverted.  However, it is getting more comfortable
> with humans.  It will follow human orders if it see fit to do so.
>
> Murderbot is back to the normal security duty for its friend, Dr.
> Mensah, the head of the Preservation planet.  Murderbot finds a dead
> body on Preservation Station in the mall area, the space station in
> orbit around the Preservation planet.  Complications and
> misunderstandings ensue as Dr. Mensah insists that Murderbot be a part
> of the investigation with station security.
>
> Warning: The violence is graphic and extreme.  Murderbot also has a
> potty mouth.  Books one through four are a series of novellas, not
> regular length books.  There is a short story "Home: Habitat, Range,
> Niche, Territory" between books four and five.  Book five is a regular
> length novel, book six is back to the novella, and book seven is a full
> length novel due out in November 2023.  You can buy collections of the
> first four hardbacks or all six currently available hardbacks.
>
> https://www.tor.com/2021/04/19/home-habitat-range-niche-territory-martha-wells/
>
> The author has a website at:
> https://www.marthawells.com/
>
> There is a wiki for Murderbot including various episodes of "The Rise
> and Fall of Sanctuary Moon":
> https://murderbot.fandom.com/wiki/Murderbot_Wiki
> and
> https://murderbot.fandom.com/wiki/The_Rise_and_Fall_of_Sanctuary_Moon
>
> My rating:  4.5 out of 5 stars
> Amazon rating:  4.6 out of 5 stars (15,543 reviews)

Lets try 2021. I read the well printed and well bound hardcover
published by Tor in 2021 that I bought new from Amazon.

Lynn

Lynn McGuire wrote:

>"Fugitive Telemetry (The Murderbot Diaries, 6) by Martha Wells

>Murderbot is back to the normal security duty for its friend, Dr.
>Mensah, the head of the Preservation planet. Murderbot finds a dead
>body on Preservation Station in the mall area, the space station in
>orbit around the Preservation planet. Complications and
>misunderstandings ensue as Dr. Mensah insists that Murderbot be a
>part of the investigation with station security.

It should be noted that in book chronology, this precedes Network
Effect.

>Warning: The violence is graphic and extreme.

In this book, the violence is not graphic nor extreme. I really think
you need to look over your boilerplate each time. There were two brief
scuffles with humans, where no one was really hurt. And the climactic
battle that I won't describe for spoiler reasons.

I enjoyed this one a lot. I would not have mined more "CSI: MurderBot"
stories.

Brian

On 5/2/2023 9:29 PM, Default User wrote:
> Lynn McGuire wrote:
>
>> "Fugitive Telemetry (The Murderbot Diaries, 6) by Martha Wells
>
>> Murderbot is back to the normal security duty for its friend, Dr.
>> Mensah, the head of the Preservation planet. Murderbot finds a dead
>> body on Preservation Station in the mall area, the space station in
>> orbit around the Preservation planet. Complications and
>> misunderstandings ensue as Dr. Mensah insists that Murderbot be a
>> part of the investigation with station security.
>
> It should be noted that in book chronology, this precedes Network
> Effect.
>
>> Warning: The violence is graphic and extreme.
>
> In this book, the violence is not graphic nor extreme. I really think
> you need to look over your boilerplate each time. There were two brief
> scuffles with humans, where no one was really hurt. And the climactic
> battle that I won't describe for spoiler reasons.
>
>
> I enjoyed this one a lot. I would not have mined more "CSI: MurderBot"
> stories.
>
>
>
> Brian

I did not know that this book predates the Network Effect book. That is
not clear to me.

Some people have an incredibly high squick factor. I try to note that.

Mined ?

Lynn

Lynn McGuire wrote:

>I did not know that this book predates the Network Effect book. That
>is not clear to me.

That's why MurderBot was still worried about certain things that are no
longer a concern by the time of the novel.

>Some people have an incredibly high squick factor. I try to note
>that.

Well, if you always say that the violence is graphic and extreme, then
people have no way of knowing the differing levels between stories. I'd
say the violence in this one was less extreme than most US action TV
shows. Way less than The Blacklist.

>Mined ?

Minded.

Brian